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1953-54 Bradley Braves Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-13 (Independent)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Forddy Anderson

PS/G: 78.7 (19th of 173)

PA/G: 72.6 (111th of 173)

SRS: 9.04 (27th of 160)

SOS: 3.17 (43rd of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West First Round (61-55) versus Oklahoma City
Won West Regional Semifinal (76-64) versus Colorado
Won West Regional Final (71-57) versus Oklahoma State
Won National Semifinal (74-72) versus Southern California
Lost National Final (92-76) versus La Salle

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Bob Carney	SR	G	6-1	16.2 Pts, 7.0 Reb
Dick Estergard	SR	F	6-4	14.5 Pts, 12.3 Reb
John Kent	JR	G	6-1	13.0 Pts, 4.1 Reb
Eddie King	SR	F	6-4	9.2 Pts, 4.3 Reb
Harvey Babetch	JR	F	6-2	6.1 Pts, 3.1 Reb
Dick Petersen	JR	C	6-5	6.3 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Jerry Hansen	SO	F	6-4	5.4 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Lee O'Connell	JR	G	6-2	3.2 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Barney Kilcullen	JR	C	6-9	2.4 Pts, 3.8 Reb
John Riley	SR	F	6-2	2.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Jack Gower	SO	F	6-4	1.8 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Ron Johnson		F	6-2	1.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Lee Utt	SO		6-3	0.5 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Charley Boston	SR	G	5-8	0.6 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Don Mathews		G	6-1	1.2 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Sam Arbuckle			6-3	1.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		25.8	70.4	.366	27.0	39.5	.685	46.2					21.9	78.7
Opponent	32		25.3	73.3	.345	22.0	33.8	.650	38.4					25.4	72.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		826	2254	.366	865	1263	.685	1477					702	2517
Opponent	32		810	2345	.345	704	1083	.650	1228					814	2324

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Bob Carney	32	4.6	12.5	.364	7.0	9.3	.760	7.0	3.5	16.2
2	Dick Estergard	32	4.3	9.3	.461	6.0	7.8	.767	12.3	3.0	14.5
3	John Kent	32	5.3	14.4	.369	2.4	4.2	.571	4.1	2.0	13.0
4	Eddie King	32	2.6	6.0	.435	3.9	4.9	.791	4.3	2.4	9.2
5	Dick Petersen	30	2.2	6.4	.339	2.0	3.5	.562	5.9	3.5	6.3
6	Harvey Babetch	31	2.4	6.5	.370	1.4	2.2	.627	3.1	1.8	6.1
7	Jerry Hansen	29	2.2	5.9	.366	1.1	1.9	.593	2.9	0.9	5.4
8	Lee O'Connell	28	1.1	3.5	.320	1.0	1.4	.718	1.1	1.2	3.2
9	Barney Kilcullen	27	0.6	2.9	.218	1.1	2.4	.484	3.8	2.0	2.4
10	John Riley	24	0.7	2.9	.229	0.7	1.4	.515	1.4	1.0	2.0
11	Jack Gower	26	0.5	2.0	.245	0.8	1.2	.677	1.6	1.4	1.8
12	Ron Johnson	7	0.4	1.0	.429	0.9	1.6	.545	0.6	0.6	1.7
13	Don Mathews	5	0.4	1.4	.286	0.4	0.8	.500	0.2	0.4	1.2
14	Sam Arbuckle	3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.7	0.3	1.0
15	Charley Boston	10	0.1	0.7	.143	0.4	1.2	.333	0.3	0.5	0.6
16	Lee Utt	21	0.1	0.8	.176	0.2	0.3	.833	0.7	0.2	0.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Bob Carney	32	146	401	.364	225	296	.760	223	113	517
2	Dick Estergard	32	137	297	.461	191	249	.767	395	95	465
3	John Kent	32	170	461	.369	76	133	.571	131	63	416
4	Eddie King	32	84	193	.435	125	158	.791	138	76	293
5	Harvey Babetch	31	74	200	.370	42	67	.627	97	57	190
6	Dick Petersen	30	65	192	.339	59	105	.562	178	106	189
7	Jerry Hansen	29	63	172	.366	32	54	.593	83	27	158
8	Lee O'Connell	28	31	97	.320	28	39	.718	31	34	90
9	Barney Kilcullen	27	17	78	.218	31	64	.484	102	53	65
10	John Riley	24	16	70	.229	17	33	.515	33	25	49
11	Jack Gower	26	13	53	.245	21	31	.677	42	36	47
12	Ron Johnson	7	3	7	.429	6	11	.545	4	4	12
13	Lee Utt	21	3	17	.176	5	6	.833	14	5	11
14	Charley Boston	10	1	7	.143	4	12	.333	3	5	6
15	Don Mathews	5	2	7	.286	2	4	.500	1	2	6
16	Sam Arbuckle	3	1	2	.500	1	1	1.000	2	1	3
	School Totals	32	826	2254	.366	865	1263	.685	1477	702	2517